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Illuminating the IM/PM!

It’s time to shed some light on the future look for the IM/PM (Instant Messenger/Private Messenger)!   If you have been carefully tracking all the images of the “Illumina” that staff have been posting on Twitter, then you may have noticed that there has yet to be an icon for the instant messenger or private […]

Masses of updates arriving in 2012!

What can we expect from Habbo & Sulake in 2012?   Yesterday, Paul LaFontaine (CEO of Sulake) participated in a tour around 5 different Habbo Hotels and he visited a few other hotels today. In the tours he was answering any questions that users put forward (as long as they were sensible and not too personal) and this […]

"Habbo CMs" are on the way!!

A VERY big update will be arriving at Habbo this summer…   If you have recently been looking at Paul LaFontaine’s Twitter feed, Fansites or at the actual hotel itself this week, then you may have noticed the words “SuperHabbo”, “Habbo X” and “Habbo CM” tossed around quite a lot. Well, all of those words relate to a brand new […]

Behind The Pixels #2!

Mark, the ever-so-charming editor of the Sulake paper, has returned with a special interview! For the second issue, he is chatting to Painimies, one of Sulake’s graphic designers. Before the actual interview, here’s some background information on him. He first started working with graphics at the age of 13 when his mum bought him a brand new Mac computer (at […]

Quests galloping their way into the hotel!

Quests are galloping their way back into the hotel again!   Yeehaw! If you thought Sulake were only adding obstacles and badges for horses, then you’re very wrong. Some codes have been discovered which are suggesting that quests based around the horses could be arriving at the hotel very shortly… possibly around the same time […]

Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Anniversary

Today marks the one year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan. On this date last year a 9.0 magnitude earthquake shook the entire globe and sent a massive wall of water hurdling towards the coast line of Japan. Millions fled for high ground, but of those millions, 16,000 people died and over […]

Offers please!

It can’t be, Habbo bringing a good idea to the hotel? You heard right, this idea is lovely and it means saving you credits! Habbo have introduced a news system in the catalog to boost sales and make you buy more as you receive more for your money; you can now buy 6 items for […]

Sulake CEO: More games within Habbo

A powerhouse platform for gaming. That is the term that Sulake CEO Paul Lafontaine wants to use for the re-invention of Habbo, as he looks into making Habbo an even bigger contender on the already saturated gaming market.  However Lafontaine is unconcerned by market saturation and with 2.5 million weekly users and 10 million monthly […]

Greece On the Course For a Bailout

Just recently has Greece signed a deal for a €130 billion bailout program. Just today Greece signed deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund, for a €130 billion bailout program.   More than 85% of the bond holders agreed to the deal. The last hurdle before the €130 billion bailout program was to reconstruct Greece’s government […]

Tesco hits the (metaphorical) ban button on 1,400 students!

Tesco goes to extreme measures against a school’s pupils!   Earlier this week, Tesco took extreme measures against a group of intimidating pupils from Kettering Science Academy by banning the entire school from 1 of their stores… that’s over 1,400 students banned from 1 shop! The ban was put in place because several employees felt […]